Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel Quotes

Drama is action, sir, action and not confounded philosophy.

The essence to me of all good drama is argument.

The roles I'm interested in or have been interested in, you know, it's going to get down to conflict. Drama is conflict - conflict of interests.

I made mistakes in drama. I thought drama was when actors cried. But drama is when the audience cries.

What is drama but life with the dull bits cut out.

Tension is the cornerstone of any good story.

Dramatic shows are the ones that I am attracted to.

The way I view drama is life with the boring bits taken out.

Drama is based on the Mistake.

I like a drama. And I think that's the basis of good films, or good plays, is to have a nice drama.

Good stories are driven by conflict, tension, and high stakes.

We like drama. Even in our comedy, we like drama.

Drama usually has some sort of intense conflict.

Drama and comedy, to me, are all about being surprising, coherent, and true, all at once.

I like a drama.

A dramatist is one who believes that the pure event, an action involving human beings, is more arresting than any comment that can be made upon it.

I think that I am interested in the resonance between character drama and high stakes, either situational or political or social or other kind of elevated drama, and I tend to find that those things combust.

What's interesting to me is drama and conflict. Things aren't interesting without conflict and resolution of conflict - or striving towards a resolutions of conflict.

If I really knew how to do good storytelling, I would be a writer. Mystery is not a huge part of it. ... It's tension, it's relationships. I think it's a struggle.

People love to be told stories, but it's the sugar that draws you into the theater.

I like people to be surprised by the turn of events. I don't want things just to be pat and formulaic. If there's some sort of internal combustion in the character or a desire to change the way things are going, that makes for conflict, which is the essence of drama.

Movies are all about plot. Theater, even if it's story heavy, it's about ideas. Theater has to resonate in your heart in a way that movies don't.

Characterization is integral to the theatrical experience.

Dramatics are what keep you in the seats.

I love theater. I love sitting in an audience and having the actors right there, playing out what it means to be a human being.